A Chinese-owned company has been granted approval to run a 96m litre a year commercial water mining operation in severely drought-hit southern Queensland, where locals are on water rations and communities at imminent risk of running dry.
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| The water minister, David Littleproud, centre, and the treasurer, Josh Fydenberg, right, visit Stanthorpe, Queensland. Residents in Stanthorpe were put under extreme water restrictions the day after a Chinese owned water mining operation was approved. |
Last week the Southern Downs regional council approved a development application for the company, Joyful View Garden Real Estate Development Resort Pty Ltd, to operate a water extraction and distribution facility at Cherrabah, a large property at Elbow Valley near the Queensland-New South Wales border.
The following day the council implemented extreme water restrictions for residents at the nearby towns of Warwick and Stanthorpe, limiting residents to 80L a day.
Read the story from The Guardian by Ben Smee - “Chinese company approved to run water mining operation in drought-stricken Queensland.”
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